In collaboration with Vertiv, Africa Hyperscalers will host an upcoming AI-focused webinar examining one of the most pressing questions facing West Africa’s enterprise technology leaders today: whether existing digital infrastructure is ready for artificial intelligence at scale.
Across the region, interest in AI is accelerating across sectors such as banking, oil and gas, mining, telecommunications, manufacturing, and the public sector. Yet global discussions this year, including at the World Economic Forum in Davos, have made it clear that AI is no longer a software-layer conversation. It is an infrastructure challenge, defined by power density, cooling performance, system resilience, and scalability.
The virtual session will bring together CIOs, senior IT decision-makers, data center operators, and infrastructure leaders to interrogate what AI readiness truly means in West Africa’s operating environment. Rather than focusing on abstract use cases, the discussion will center on the physical and operational foundations required to support AI workloads reliably and sustainably.
The webinar is anchored on Vertiv’s Eight Infrastructure Imperatives for AI, a globally recognized framework for designing resilient, scalable, and future-ready digital environments. Vertiv experts will translate these imperatives into practical guidance for African enterprises, addressing how legacy environments must evolve as AI workloads introduce sustained high power demand, concentrated thermal loads, and far lower tolerance for downtime.
Key areas of discussion will include power optimization strategies for energy-intensive AI applications, next-generation cooling approaches for high-density computing, hybrid and edge architecture considerations, and scalability planning as AI adoption deepens. The session will also explore sector-specific infrastructure requirements and highlight investment priorities enterprises should be evaluating as they plan for 2026 and beyond.
From an Africa Hyperscalers perspective, the timing of the conversation is critical. In markets where grid reliability and cooling efficiency remain uneven, infrastructure decisions increasingly determine whether AI ambition translates into durable competitive advantage or operational risk. As enterprises move from AI experimentation to production, infrastructure readiness is fast becoming a board-level concern.
The webinar is positioned as a strategic enablement forum, where Participants can expect practical insight into aligning infrastructure investment with AI demand, exposure to global best practices adapted for African conditions, and peer exchange with technology leaders navigating similar constraints.
Speakers for the session include Gary Chomse, Regional Sales Director for Southern and Central Africa at Vertiv; Luther Ogbaji, Thermal Application Engineer at Vertiv; Olajide Aminu, Regional Account Manager at Vertiv; Okechi Osuagwu, Regional Account Manager Sales at Vertiv; and Temitope Osunrinde, Director at Africa Hyperscalers.
As West Africa enters a more AI-intensive phase of digital transformation, infrastructure is emerging as the decisive differentiator. Enterprises that invest early in resilient, scalable foundations will be better positioned to deploy AI with confidence. Those that do not risk discovering, too late, that ambition without infrastructure creates fragility rather than advantage.
